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OZARK, Ala. (PR) - Governor Kay Ivey announced that Enterprise State Community College will receive $2.5 million dollars to expand the Alabama Aviation College in Ozark.

The funds are part of the Alabama Capital Improvement Trust Fund which awards funds for projects that promote economic development and industrial recruitment in the state.

The Alabama Aviation College offers training and coursework in one of Alabama's fastest growing career fields - aviation. Specifically, students are offered programs in aircraft maintenance and avionics technology. The grant funds announced today will be used to renovate campus infrastructure to expand the College's Advanced Composite Training Program and prepare the campus for future program expansions.

Here's a fresh hint at the sheer scale of Walmart's new distribution center outside Mobile: Its general manager says that it'll start taking in shipments in early June, but won't start putting wares on outbound trucks until about two months later.

"We should be completing the building in the month of May," said Barry Westbrooks. "Our plans right now, we'll start receiving some of our merchandise, we'll start that process the first of June. And then we plan to start shipping to other locations by the end of July, first of August."

It's almost as if Walmart is building a dam, and has to let the lake fill in behind it before it can open the spillways.